Imperium - Netflix

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Back from the campaign of Numancia, Galba has been dispossessed of
everything that made him a respected and powerful man. The Senate
repudiates him, his family is ruined and his wife, Claudia, fled with
his firstborn Cayo to the arms of the man who made him fall into
disgrace: Quinto Servilio Cepión. Without his honor and without his
newborn son, Galba swears revenge against Quinto and he begins an
inexorable rise to power to recover the position that he snatched him.
His family, the Sulpicio, must get back the name that they deserve in
Rome and Galba is willing to do anything for it. He does not know that
an error from his past is haunting him. An error with a womans name...
Cora. A young patrician that is determined to unmask Galba, the man who
killed her mother and her brother and got to imprison her father,
Tiberius, before leaving for Numancia. A woman willing to come to an
agreement with his greatest enemy to save her father, a man firmly
resolved to regain his lost glory and a family that yearns for the
control of the whole Rome. Imperivm ... Because when your friends become
your enemies, you only have your family left.

Type: Scripted

Languages: Spanish

Status: Ended

Runtime: 60 minutes

Premier: 2012-09-05

Imperium - Roman Empire - Netflix

The Roman Empire (Latin: Imperium Rōmānum, Classical Latin: [ɪmˈpɛ.ri.ũː
roːˈmaː.nũː]; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.
Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient
Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and
large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe,
Africa and Asia. The city of Rome was the largest city in the world
c. 100 BC – c. AD 400, with Constantinople (New Rome) becoming the
largest around AD 500, and the Empire's populace grew to an estimated 50
to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population at the
time). The 500-year-old republic which preceded it was severely
destabilized in a series of civil wars and political conflict, during
which Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then
assassinated in 44 BC. Civil wars and executions continued, culminating
in the victory of Octavian, Caesar's adopted son, over Mark Antony and
Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt.
Octavian's power was then unassailable and in 27 BC the Roman Senate
formally granted him overarching power and the new title Augustus,
effectively marking the end of the Roman Republic. The imperial period
of Rome lasted approximately 1,500 years compared to the 500 years of
the Republican era. The first two centuries of the empire's existence
were a period of unprecedented political stability and prosperity known
as the Pax Romana, or “Roman Peace”. Following Octavian's victory, the
size of the empire was dramatically increased. After the assassination
of Caligula in AD 41, the Senate briefly considered restoring the
republic, but the Praetorian Guard proclaimed Claudius emperor instead.
Under Claudius, the empire invaded Britannia, its first major expansion
since Augustus. After Claudius' successor, Nero, committed suicide in AD
68, the empire suffered a series of brief civil wars, as well as a
concurrent major rebellion in Judea, during which four different
legionary generals were proclaimed emperor. Vespasian emerged triumphant
in AD 69, establishing the Flavian dynasty, before being succeeded by
his son Titus, who opened the Colosseum shortly after the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius. His short reign was followed by the long reign of his
brother Domitian, who was eventually assassinated. The Senate then
appointed the first of the Five Good Emperors. The empire reached its
greatest extent under Trajan, the second in this line. A period of
increasing trouble and decline began with the reign of Commodus.
Commodus' assassination in 192 triggered the Year of the Five Emperors,
of which Septimius Severus emerged victorious. The assassination of
Alexander Severus in 235 led to the Crisis of the Third Century in which
26 men were declared emperor by the Roman Senate over a fifty-year time
span. It was not until the reign of Diocletian that the empire was fully
stabilized with the introduction of the Tetrarchy, which saw four
emperors rule the empire at once. This arrangement was ultimately
unsuccessful, leading to a civil war that was finally ended by
Constantine the Great, who defeated his rivals and became the sole ruler
of the empire in 324. Constantine subsequently established a second
capital city in Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople. It remained
the capital of the east until its demise. Constantine also adopted
Christianity which later became the official state religion of the
empire. Following the death of Theodosius I in 395, the empire was
permanently divided between the West and the East. The dominion of the
Western Roman Empire was gradually eroded by abuses of power, civil
wars, barbarian migrations and invasions, military reforms, and economic
depression. The Sack of Rome in 410 by the Visigoths and again in 455 by
the Vandals accelerated the Western Empire's decay, while the deposition
of the emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476 by Odoacer, is generally
accepted to mark the end of the empire in the west. However, Augustulus
was never recognized by his Eastern colleague, and separate rule in the
Western part of the empire only ceased to exist upon the death of Julius
Nepos, in 480. The Eastern Roman Empire (in modern historiography called
the Byzantine Empire) endured for another millennium as one of the
leading powers in the world alongside its arch-rival the Sassanid
Empire, which had inherited a centuries-old Roman-Persian conflict from
its predecessor the Parthians. The Byzantine Empire eventually fell to
the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The Roman Empire was among the most powerful
economic, cultural, political and military forces in the world of its
time. It was one of the largest empires in world history. At its height
under Trajan, it covered 5 million square kilometres. It held sway over
an estimated 70 million people, at that time 21% of the world's entire
population. The longevity and vast extent of the empire ensured the
lasting influence of Latin and Greek language, culture, religion,
inventions, architecture, philosophy, law and forms of government on the
empire's descendants. Throughout the European medieval period, attempts
were even made to establish successors to the Roman Empire, including
the Empire of Romania, a Crusader state; and the Holy Roman Empire. By
means of European colonialism following the Renaissance, and their
descendant states, Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian culture was exported
on a worldwide scale, playing a crucial role in the development of the
modern world.

Imperium - Trade and commodities - Netflix

Roman provinces traded among themselves, but trade extended outside the
frontiers to regions as far away as China and India. The main commodity
was grain. Chinese trade was mostly conducted overland through middle
men along the Silk Road; Indian trade, however, also occurred by sea
from Egyptian ports on the Red Sea. Along these trade paths, the horse,
upon which Roman expansion and commerce depended, was one of the main
channels through which disease spread. Also in transit for trade were
olive oil, various foodstuffs, garum (fish sauce), slaves, ore and
manufactured metal objects, fibres and textiles, timber, pottery,
glassware, marble, papyrus, spices and materia medica, ivory, pearls,
and gemstones. Though most provinces were capable of producing wine,
regional varietals were desirable and wine was a central item of trade.
Shortages of vin ordinaire were rare. The major suppliers for the city
of Rome were the west coast of Italy, southern Gaul, the Tarraconensis
region of Hispania, and Crete. Alexandria, the second-largest city,
imported wine from Laodicea in Syria and the Aegean. At the retail
level, taverns or speciality wine shops (vinaria) sold wine by the jug
for carryout and by the drink on premises, with price ranges reflecting
quality.